News Details

Rossi admits Manor F1 deal "surreal"

Alexander Rossi admits that his race drive with Manor F1 came as a surprise, and says that the deal was put together so quickly that he only booked his flight to Singapore two days ago. Rossi, who was a Marussia reserve driver last year, will contest five races that do not clash with his GP2 commitments. The American replaces Spaniard Roberto Merhi at the team. "I was on a plane Tuesday evening, and I booked the flight Tuesday morning," Rossi said on Thursday in Singapore. "It was quite a last-minute thing. The discussions started taking place shortly after Monza. "Obviously I've had quite a bit of history with this team, in '14, so we've always had good communication...
Full Story »
10y ago from Motorsport.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

American Rossi takes Mehri's seat at Manor

F1 News American Rossi takes Mehri's seat at Manor Renault in shock F1...
10y ago from Formula1Blog.com

Rossi's golden opportunity

His hopes cruelly dashed, Alexander Rossi now has five races in which to...
10y ago from Pitpass.com

Roberto Merhi out; Alexander Rossi in at Manor Marussia

Singapore Grand Prix – The Manor Marussia Formula 1 team have...
10y ago from FormulaSpy.com

Booth delighted with Rossi signing

– Manor Marussia team boss John Booth says that he is thrilled to...
10y ago from GPUpdate.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Dual-tone Chevy ZR1X pace car revealed for...

The NTT IndyCar Series has revealed the Chevrolet pace car for the...

Rookie Caio Collet fastest in two-day Indy 500 open...

The NTT IndyCar Series held its traditional two-day open test for the...
22h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'Arsenal have got a fantastic player, really...

Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard has claimed he's upset about his former...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal target two game-changers in huge 250 million...

Arsenal are preparing for a busy transfer window, and they have identified...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal target 35m-rated UCL semi-finalist with 21 G/A...

Serge Gnabry has been an outstanding performer for Bayern Munich since...
5h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Atleti boss Diego Simeone provides Julian Alvarez...

Atletico Madrid will face Arsenal in the UEFA Champions League semi-finals...
4h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.